Solution Architect (Banking Experience) | Hybrid

Job description:

The Solutions Architect provides technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring successful delivery from concept to deployment and alignment with the organization's enterprise architecture strategy.

• Design and lead the implementation of solution architectures across multiple business applications and technologies, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy, business capabilities, and organizational goals.
• Develop and maintain solution architectures for complex, cross-functional initiatives while collaborating with application architects responsible for individual projects.
• Provide architectural guidance and consulting support to project teams to ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards and best practices.
• Evaluate existing, emerging, and evolving technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and improved business outcomes.
• Promote and support enterprise IT strategies, architecture principles, standards, and governance frameworks.
• Assess the current business and technology landscape to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities, and recommend solutions that improve operational efficiency and business performance.
• Analyze technology trends, competitor strategies, and industry developments to determine their potential impact on the organization.
• Define architecture principles, design standards, solution patterns, and technical guidelines to ensure consistency across technology initiatives.
• Establish and oversee architecture governance processes to ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards and solution quality.
• Develop and maintain application and technology roadmaps that support the organization's future-state architecture.
• Lead the evaluation and selection of software products, platforms, and services, including both commercial and custom-built solutions.
• Collaborate with application development, infrastructure, and project teams to ensure proposed solutions align with architectural standards and recommend necessary adjustments when required.
• Assess the organizational, operational, and financial impact of proposed solutions, including implications for processes, skills, organizational structure, and technology investments.
• Prepare and maintain comprehensive architecture documentation, including solution designs, technical specifications, and architecture decisions.
• Work closely with the Project Management Office (PMO) and other stakeholders to ensure project execution aligns with approved solution designs, scope, and business objectives.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Critical thinking and sound decision-making
• Accountability and ownership
• Adaptability and flexibility in a dynamic environment
• Strong collaboration and teamwork skills
• Willingness to learn and continuously improve
• Ability to influence and communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Solutions Architect, Enterprise Architect, or a similar architecture role.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks, cloud technologies, application integration, and software development methodologies.
• Experience with architecture governance, solution design, and enterprise technology strategy.
• Relevant architecture or cloud certifications (e.g., TOGAF, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) are an advantage.